Grant Agreement n. 224168Grant Agreement • January 21st, 2011
Contract Type FiledJanuary 21st, 2011This report discusses technologies and models for low power wireless industrial communication. The chapter provides a tutorial overview covering basic concepts and models for wireless propagation, medium access control, multi-hop networking, routing and transport protocols. Throughout, an effort is made to describe both key technologies and associated models of control-relevant characteris- tics such as latency and loss. Some existing and emerging specifications and standards, including Zigbee, WirelessHART and ISA100, are described in some detail, and links are made between the developed models and useful network abstractions for control design.